L.T. Greer has a brief piece to help us when we come up against a difficult passage. Instead of yielding to the temptation to skip or ignore it, he encourages us to see how God might use it. He offers the following list of “Three Good Things About Difficult Bible Passages”:

1. We learn about veracity of the Bible.
2. We learn about our church’s relationship to the Bible.
3. We learn about our own biases.

See his article for an explanation of these points, which I find rather compelling and motivating.

Check it out!